I'm assuming you are using Linux or Unix. My take is that any of Sendmail, Exim or Postfix are fine as MTAs and as a starting point would consider whichever is a default on your OS or distro, as it's more likely to have a good basic setup out of the box.

Yes - it's Linux

It's a Raspberry Pi which doesn't come with an MTA as default. Hence why I need to make a choice. I'm also treating it as a learning experience. This isn't mission critical so a few mistakes along the way won't hurt and will increase my knowledge 🙂

Well, it so happens that both Exim and Postfix come with a "sendmail" command as standard...

Oh! That's helpful information - thank you.

Given everything I now know, Postfix will be the MTA of choice.

In reply to Re^2: MTA for Perl by Bod
in thread MTA for Perl by Bod

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